HWDSB trustees Archer, Buck and Johnstone respond to findings of racism in school board probe
The agenda for a Monday evening board meeting shows how trustees Kathy Archer, Becky Buck and Alex Johnston responded to an independent report prompted by complaints of racism and exclusion from a former student trustee while trustee.
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Posted: Mar 05, 2021 9:05 AM ET | Last Updated: March 5
Trustees Carole Paikin Miller and Alex Johnstone were found to have violated the code of conduct and Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board trustees have issued sanctions against them.(Samantha Craggs/CBC)
After a month of public scrutiny, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) trustees voted to issue sanctions against two of the four trustees named in an independent report after complaints of racism and exclusion from a former student trustee.
They also unanimously recommended that one trustee Carole Paikin Miller resign.
Paikin Miller already faces sanctions that include censure, a call to publicly apologize, and more training on equity, governance and anti-racism. She s also barred from sitting on any committees until December 2021.
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Groups representing principals and managers in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) are calling on trustees to hold themselves to the same standard as they do others after four of them were named in an equity probe.